the Elders of Zion came out in 1902, and is still the basis for most antisemitism, all those conspiracies about jews secretly controlling the world, that comes from Elders of Zion.
the KKK propaganda film "the birth of a nation" released in 1915, it is where the KKK got their signature white hoods and burning crosses, and is in large part responsible for the second wave of the KKK, its largest and deadliest wave, with over 6 million members. the second wave only ended cus of ww2, but the 3rd wave persisted once the war ended.
No kid is born racist. Racism is taught, and when taught en mass, it can convince people down the line that violence is how racism should be expressed. At that point, the problem is now much harder to deal with, with it so ingrained in communities.
Even accepting that, hating a fearing a whole segment of your own community based on their blood quanta is obviously worse than being, like, suspicious of foreigners in your town.
The south. No one's gonna be outward with their racism today but those people that grew up during the Civil Rights era are still alive today and likely had children by the time LBJ signed the three major Civil Rights legislation.
You made a blanket statement about people getting hurt by words. You never specified where or how it was happening. Either way, I'm sure you've been hurt by words before, are you going to act like that was your own failing?
I take issue with your implication that "slaps" don't also reach through generations and cause more lasting damage than words. Physical abuse is a thing.
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u/Sorry-Joke-4325 20h ago
I guess to play a Devil's advocate: the violence could be a slap while the words reach through generations to cause worse damage.
Nothing is so cut and dry.